Irland - Oeffentliche Verkehrsleistungen mit der Eisenbahn - MetroLink M500 Service Delivery Partner

MetroLink will be procured by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) through three major separate public contracts as well as a number of advance and enabling works contract packages addressing preparatory issues. The major contracts comprise a) two civil infrastructure contracts (the “M400 Contracts”) for the design and construction of the tunnels, shafts and portals, shell and core station structures (underground, retained cut and at grade), viaducts, and related MetroLink civil infrastructure, and b) a form of Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Maintain (DBFOM) contract (the “M500 Contract”) to appoint a Service Delivery Partner who will provide certain works and the integrated operation and maintenance of the public passenger transport service. This procurement process is for the award of the M500 Contract. The duration of the M500 Contract comprises a works period anticipated to be for a period of 7 years for completion of the "M500 Works" and a services period of 25 years for provision of the "M500 Services". The estimated Net Present Value (NPV) cost to the Exchequer of the service payments and capital contributions under the M500 Contract is approximately €7.3 billion (seven billion, three hundred million euros) (ex. VAT) with the Contracting Authority’s assumed construction programme plus a 25-year operating period. This NPV cost estimate is at a point in time (February 2026) and based on the Contracting Authority’s preliminary estimates of construction, operating and lifecycle costs as well as assumptions on the associated construction programme, risk allocation, finance costs, prevailing interest rates, and other factors, which are subject to change. TII proposes to award an Early Services Agreement to the Preferred Tenderer in the procurement process for the M500 Contract for the performance of certain early services during the Preferred Tenderer stage. The M500 Contract will be awarded in accordance with the procedural requirements for the competitive tendering of a public services contract under Regulation 1370/2007/EC (as amended) and under the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 (as amended). All organisations wishing to participate in this procurement should register at Metrolink eSourcing Portal https://metrolink.app.jaggaer.com/ Upon the completion of the registration, please navigate to PQQs/ ITTs Open to All Suppliers tab on the Main Dashboard, locate "MetroLink M500 Service Delivery Partner" PQQ, express an interest and submit a response. MetroLink is planned as a new metro railway to be built and operated in an integrated manner to provide a high speed, high capacity, high frequency, modern and efficient public transport service for people travelling along the Swords/Airport route to the city centre corridor in Dublin. Further information on MetroLink is available at www.metrolink.ie. MetroLink will be procured through three major public contracts as well as a number of advance and enabling works contracts (the “M100 Contracts”). The three major contracts comprise: a) two civil infrastructure contracts (the “M400 Contracts”) will provide the civil engineering and infrastructure works for the MetroLink project, with each contract including the track alignment preparation, stations, and structures including bridges and tunnels and b) the “M500 Contract” which is an availability based DBFOM contract pursuant to which successful Tenderer (“Project Co”) will undertake certain works (“M500 Works”) and provide the integrated operation and maintenance of the public passenger transport service (“M500 Services”) for a period of 25 years. No demand risk will be transferred to Project Co under the M500 Contract. The M500 Contract scope will include: • the design, supply, construction, operation, maintenance and financing of the metro rolling stock, signalling system (at Grade of Operation 4 Automation railway (‘GoA4’)), a railway depot and maintenance facility, park and ride facility, metro control centre building(s) together with the installation of all linewide trackwork, overhead contact system, power and communication systems, mechanical and electrical systems including tunnel and station ventilation, people movement systems, construction of internal walls and secondary civil and building works within the shell and core structures of the underground stations (built by others), the fit out of finishes in sixteen (16) stations (above and below ground) and design and construction of urban realm; • operation and maintenance of all assets comprising MetroLink; • TII also proposes to award an Early Services Agreement to the Preferred Tenderer for the performance of the early services during the Preferred Tenderer Stage. A more detailed description of the scope of the M500 Contract is given in Part 3 of the Pre­Qualification Pack (PQP). The full scope of works and services required will be set out in the Invitation to Tender documentation which will be issued to the Applicants who are shortlisted following the selection stage of the procurement process. The M500 Contract is anticipated to comprise a works period of 7 years for completion of the M500 Works and a services period of 25 years for provision of the M500 Services. The M500 Contract is being awarded in accordance with the procedural requirements for the competitive tendering of a public services contract under Regulation 1370/2007/EC (as amended) and the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008. The provision of project financing for the M500 Contract will be a key requirement, however, the Contracting Authority reserves the right, at its absolute discretion, during this procurement procedure to consider alternative funding measures in the event that the progression of the procedure is not being achieved in a satisfactory and timely manner. Details of the procedure will be set out in the Invitation to Tender documentation. The Contracting Authority’s requirements under the M500 Contract are a key component of the overall delivery programme for MetroLink. The M500 Contract will have a number of interfaces with the main construction contracts (the M400 Contracts) as well as the advance and enabling works contracts (the M100 Contracts) and other contracts. Any delay to any contract package and to the award of the M500 Contract may result in significant delays to the other core contracts and to the delivery of MetroLink. The Contracting Authority reserves the right at its absolute discretion to omit, vary, reduce, extend or repackage its requirements or to do a combination of these so as to enable the delivery of its requirements under the M500 Contract in a timely manner and to obtain best value for money. This includes, without limitation, the right to procure directly from individual or groups of members from pre-qualified consortia, reducing or extending the duration of repackaged contracts and permitting changes to pre-qualified consortia and to take such steps as it considers appropriate in respect of the procurement process in compliance with applicable law. All organisations wishing to participate in this procurement should register at Metrolink e­Sourcing Portal https://metrolink.app.jaggaer.com/. Upon the completion of the registration, please navigate to PQQs/ ITTs Open to All Suppliers tab on the Main Dashboard, locate "MetroLink M500 Service Delivery Partner" PQQ, express an interest and submit a response. It is anticipated that the three (3) highest ranked eligible Applicants will be shortlisted and selected to proceed to the next stage of the competition.